[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 22748]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




ON THE 2ND PLACE FINISH OF THE EL PASO HIGH HIGH-Q TEAM AT THE NATIONAL 
                         ACADEMIC CHAMPIONSHIP

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                          HON. SILVESTRE REYES

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 7, 2005

  Mr. REYES. Mr. Speaker, on June 13, 2005 a group of students from 
historic El Paso High School in my district of El Paso, Texas, after 
months of grueling preparation and a hard-fought season, finished 
second at the National Academic Championship in Chicago.
  I congratulate the following El Paso High Tigers for their hard work 
and dedication: Blain Baurngardt, Trevor Vargas, Alex Neuman, Robert 
Heyman, Emil Michal, and their coach, named Coach of the Year by the 
National Academic Championship, Gerard Neuman.
  The El Paso High School High-Q Team made it to the final round with a 
combination of intelligence, teamwork and self-discipline. The team 
demonstrated the ability to come from behind and showed maturity beyond 
their years.
  Mr. Speaker, on June 13, 2005 the El Paso High Tigers gave us a 
preview of the excellence we can expect from our city's young 
generations and showed El Paso is home to some of the best and 
brightest our Nation has to offer. I invite my colleagues to join me in 
congratulating the El Paso High-Q team on their second place finish at 
the National Academic Championship.

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